[All remote jobs](https://jobicy.com/jobs.md)Open role[![OpenAI logo](https://jobicy.com/data/server-nyc0409/galaxy/mercury/2023/03/0523b13262b12c215d8009938f5c14f1.jpeg)](https://jobicy.com/company/openai.md)Remote opportunity at[OpenAI](https://jobicy.com/company/openai.md) # Security Engineer, Agent Security Review the role, location requirements, compensation details, and application process before deciding whether this opportunity fits your next career move. [Apply for this job](#job-application)[View company](https://jobicy.com/company/openai.md)Share26 Aug 2026Published57Listing views3Application actions25 Sep 2026Apply before Opportunity details ## About this role. AI SummaryOpenAI is hiring a Security Engineer to secure agentic AI systems through security frameworks, controls, threat models, and scalable safety-monitoring tooling. The role emphasizes hands-on engineering across identity, network, and runtime defenses, including sandboxing, policy enforcement, container security, and kernel hardening. The engineer will partner closely with infrastructure, product, research, safety, and security teams while shaping the longer-term Agent Security roadmap. Strong Python or systems-language expertise, cloud security knowledge, secure service operations, and concise cross-functional communication are central to success. ## Role DNA A quick view of the complexity, pace, ownership and collaboration implied by the job description. ### Job Complexity 5/5EasyHard ### Pace & Pressure 5/5RelaxedFast-paced ### Autonomy Level 5/5GuidedFull ownership ### Communication Load 5/5IndependentCollaborative AI insightThis is a highly specialized security engineering role at the intersection of distributed systems, cloud security, isolation technology, and emerging AI-agent risks. It requires designing production controls under ambiguity while influencing technical strategy across several senior stakeholder groups. ## Salary analysis Estimated compensation compared with the broader US market for similar roles. Estimated job medianHighly competitive$309,700US market range$220k–$390k0$429k AI insightThe disclosed yearly base compensation range is USD 234,400 to USD 385,000, producing an offer median of USD 309,700. This is aligned with the upper end of the estimated US market range of USD 220,000 to USD 390,000 for a senior-to-staff-level security engineer specializing in cloud, platform, and AI security. ## Core skills Skills and capabilities most closely associated with this opportunity. [Agentic AI Security](https://jobicy.com/jobs?search_keywords=Agentic%20AI%20Security.md)[Threat Modeling](https://jobicy.com/jobs?search_keywords=Threat%20Modeling.md)[Python](https://jobicy.com/jobs?search_keywords=Python.md)[Go](https://jobicy.com/jobs?search_keywords=Go.md)[Rust](https://jobicy.com/jobs?search_keywords=Rust.md)[Container Security](https://jobicy.com/jobs?search_keywords=Container%20Security.md)[Kernel Hardening](https://jobicy.com/jobs?search_keywords=Kernel%20Hardening.md)[Network Security](https://jobicy.com/jobs?search_keywords=Network%20Security.md)[Cloud IAM](https://jobicy.com/jobs?search_keywords=Cloud%20IAM.md)[Security Monitoring](https://jobicy.com/jobs?search_keywords=Security%20Monitoring.md) Sample interview questionsHow would you threat-model an agentic AI system that can call tools, access data, and execute actions on behalf of a user?I would map identities, trust boundaries, data flows, tools, execution environments, and privilege transitions. I would prioritize threats such as prompt injection, confused deputy behavior, excessive permissions, data exfiltration, unsafe tool invocation, and lateral movement, then define layered mitigations including least-privilege IAM, sandboxing, policy enforcement, audit logging, and runtime detection. Describe how you would design isolation for untrusted or semi-trusted agent workloads. I would use defense in depth: strong workload identity, short-lived credentials, network segmentation and egress controls, hardened container or microVM isolation, restrictive syscall and filesystem policies, resource limits, and continuous telemetry. The design would minimize default privileges and make policy decisions enforceable and observable at runtime. What makes a security monitoring pipeline production-grade at large scale? It must provide high-quality, structured telemetry with clear event schemas, reliable delivery, scalable storage and querying, and actionable detection logic. I would also build privacy-aware data handling, retention controls, alert prioritization, health metrics, and feedback loops that measure detection quality and operational burden. How would you balance strict security controls with developer usability and system performance? I would engage developers early, quantify the security risk and performance impact, and provide paved-road abstractions rather than requiring each team to implement controls independently. Controls should be secure by default, configurable only with accountable exceptions, and supported by documentation, testing, and measurable service-level expectations. Tell us about a time you had to make a security decision with incomplete information. I would explain the assumptions, identify the highest-impact failure modes, and implement a reversible mitigation that reduces immediate risk while collecting evidence. I would communicate the tradeoffs clearly to stakeholders, set an owner and timeline for validation, and iterate toward a durable solution as the system and threat model become clearer. About the Team The team’s mission is to accelerate the secure evolution of agentic AI systems at OpenAI. To achieve this, the team designs, implements, and continuously refines security policies, frameworks, and controls that defend OpenAI’s most critical assets—including the user and customer data embedded within them—against the unique risks introduced by agentic AI. About the Role As a Security Engineer on the Agent Security Team, you will be at the forefront of securing OpenAI’s cutting-edge agentic AI systems. Your role will involve designing and implementing robust security frameworks, policies, and controls to safeguard OpenAI’s critical assets and ensure the safe deployment of agentic systems. You will develop comprehensive threat models, partner tightly with our Agent Infrastructure group to fortify the platforms that power OpenAI’s most advanced agentic systems, and lead efforts to enhance safety monitoring pipelines at scale. We are looking for a versatile engineer who thrives in ambiguity and can make meaningful contributions from day one. You should be prepared to ship solutions quickly while maintaining a high standard of quality and security. We’re looking for people who can drive innovative solutions that will set the industry standard for agent security. You will need to bring your expertise in securing complex systems and designing robust isolation strategies for emerging AI technologies, all while being mindful of usability. You will communicate effectively across various teams and functions, ensuring your solutions are scalable and robust while working collaboratively in an innovative environment. In this fast-paced setting, you will have the opportunity to solve complex security challenges, influence OpenAI’s security strategy, and play a pivotal role in advancing the safe and responsible deployment of agentic AI systems. You’ll be responsible for: * Architecting security controls for agentic AI – design, implement, and iterate on identity, network, and runtime-level defenses (e.g., sandboxing, policy enforcement) that integrate directly with the Agent Infrastructure stack. * Building production-grade security tooling – ship code that hardens safety monitoring pipelines across agent executions at scale. * Collaborating cross-functionally – work daily with Agent Infrastructure, product, research, safety, and security teams to balance security, performance, and usability. * Influencing strategy & standards – shape the long-term Agent Security roadmap, publish best practices internally and externally, and help define industry standards for securing autonomous AI. We’re looking for someone with: * Strong software-engineering skills in Python or at least one systems language (Go, Rust, C/C++), plus a track record of shipping and operating secure, high-reliability services. * Deep expertise in modern isolation techniques – experience with container security, kernel-level hardening, and other isolation methods. * Hands-on network security experience – implementing identity-based controls, policy enforcement, and secure large-scale telemetry pipelines. * Clear, concise communication that bridges engineering, research, and leadership audiences; comfort influencing roadmaps and driving consensus. * Bias for action & ownership – you thrive in ambiguity, move quickly without sacrificing rigor, and elevate the security bar company-wide from day one. * Cloud security depth on at least one major provider (Azure, AWS, GCP), including identity federation, workload IAM, and infrastructure-as-code best practices. * Familiarity with AI/ML security challenges – experience addressing risks associated with advanced AI systems (nice-to-have but valuable). About OpenAI OpenAI is an AI research and deployment company dedicated to ensuring that general-purpose artificial intelligence benefits all of humanity. We push the boundaries of the capabilities of AI systems and seek to safely deploy them to the world through our products. AI is an extremely powerful tool that must be created with safety and human needs at its core, and to achieve our mission, we must encompass and value the many different perspectives, voices, and experiences that form the full spectrum of humanity. We are an equal opportunity employer, and we do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, age, veteran status, disability, genetic information, or other applicable legally protected characteristic. For additional information, please see [OpenAI’s Affirmative Action and Equal Employment Opportunity Policy Statement](https://cdn.openai.com/policies/eeo-policy-statement.pdf). Background checks for applicants will be administered in accordance with applicable law, and qualified applicants with arrest or conviction records will be considered for employment consistent with those laws, including the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance, the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance for Employers, and the California Fair Chance Act, for US-based candidates. For unincorporated Los Angeles County workers: we reasonably believe that criminal history may have a direct, adverse and negative relationship with the following job duties, potentially resulting in the withdrawal of a conditional offer of employment: protect computer hardware entrusted to you from theft, loss or damage; return all computer hardware in your possession (including the data contained therein) upon termination of employment or end of assignment; and maintain the confidentiality of proprietary, confidential, and non-public information. 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